State v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “As to defendant's intent or state of mind, intent need not be proved by direct evidence, but may be inferred from defendant's conduct and surrounding cireumstances.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Smith · State v. Lemons

2. “Defendant's requested additional paragraph to the instruction was an unnecessary embellishment of an otherwise adequate statement. It was not error for the trial court to decline its inclusion in the instructions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Sanders

3. “A contradictory version of the facts, without more, is not a ground for reversal. The trier of fact is not obliged to believe the claims of defendant's witnesses.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2011 UT App 396 - State v. BHAG SINGH